Thank you to the Baltimore Orioles for FINALLY giving me a night where I could yell into the studios across the building, and back to the network in LA about how great of a game my team was putting together. Reality will come around at some point; but I just need these positive feelings after a long year.

-My Mike Mussina emotions are strange. For as angry as I have been towards his decision to leave the Orioles for the Yankees, I have always known that he made the right decision. I guess you could say that I’m happy he’s never put together a 20 win or Cy Young season; and I’m especially happy he hasn’t won a World Series. But I can’t begrudge the guy-he needed to go to New York when he did. I just wish his numbers would have been better in Baltimore so that he could be another Oriole in the Hall of Fame. I have always booed him when I have seen him pitch live as a fan; but I’ve always backed off during games and tried to have positive emotions.

-LaTroy Hawkins is right when he says he’ll be suspended. He was the right person to do the job there for the Yankees. I know its scary, but its also part of baseball unfortunately.

-Did the Sun decide they don’t need to cover the Ravens when there aren’t formal activities going on? How about a nice background story on Larry Walls and what his role will be with this team? Even a few player features every now and then would do. This is a football town after all.

-The MRC is doing the right thing by trying to find out more information about safety in Horse Racing. It may only be coming because of tragedy; but at least they’re doing it. Hopefully the entire sport will undergo safety changes in the next 11 months. Other sports have responded well to tragedy (i.e. NASCAR); and it is their turn.